{"id":1189,"date":"2019-03-02T06:58:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T06:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2019-03-02T06:58:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T06:58:32","slug":"spacex-ready-for-key-test-of-historic-dragon-capsule-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/02\/spacex-ready-for-key-test-of-historic-dragon-capsule-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Ready For Key Test Of Historic Dragon Capsule This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On a launch pad in Florida, SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket<\/a> is ready for the first flight test of its new space capsule designed to carry astronauts into space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Falcon 9 is scheduled to take to the skies over Florida\nSaturday morning. The rocket\u2019s payload is the new Dragon capsule, the company\u2019s\nvery first vehicle designed to take people to the International Space Station. Even\nthough the Crew Dragon capsule is meant for passengers, it will not carry\nany people on board when Falcon 9 rocket blasts off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mission is called Demonstration-1 or DM-1 and the flight is\na test. It is only meant to show NASA that the Crew Dragon is space-worthy and\nsafe for future human crew members.NASA is particularly concerned\nabout this, because the very first people who will fly on the Crew Dragon capsule\nwill be the space agency\u2019s astronauts. The Crew Dragon is a critical part of NASA\nCommercial Crew Program, which has been developed by using privately-made spacecraft\nto transport NASA astronauts to and from the space station.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The white, bell-shaped Dragon\ncapsule can carry up to seven astronauts and it is basically a more powerful\nversion of the SpaceX robotic cargo ship. When the capsule blasts off as, it\nwill travel to the International Space Station and dock there. The three\nastronauts currently living in the space station will be able go\ninside the hatch to load and unload cargo before the Dragon returns to Earth\nand splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a launch pad in Florida, SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is ready for the first flight test of its new space capsule designed to carry astronauts into space. The Falcon 9 is scheduled to take to the skies over Florida Saturday morning. The rocket\u2019s payload is the new Dragon capsule, the company\u2019s very first vehicle … <\/p>\n

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